“In a small corner in the province of Los Ríos, publishing a news story can cost a life. There, the mafias decide what the press can report.
To stay alive, a journalist self censored, and when asked, what can you not publish? His answer is clear.
'Violent deaths.' Can you mention the mafias? 'You cannot, that is a crime, that is a crime, it is a sin to do it because that costs us our lives,' explains the threatened journalist.
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He says fear has also silenced the community. People stopped reporting crimes, and many colleagues left the area or abandoned journalism.”
